Used Quotes - Page 17

It's okay to be confused. Confusion is the route to all the clarity in the world.

Drugs shouldn't be used for recreation although they can be, but ultimately the point of psychedelics is to put you in touch with the powers of the universe.

Wagner used to read the libretti of his operas to his friends; I am glad I was not there.

I have never used steroids. Period.

Let me start by telling you this: I have never used steroids. Period. I don't know how to say it any more clearly than that. Never.

A sensible man will remember that the eyes may be confused in two ways - by a change from light to darkness or from darkness to light; and he will recognize that the same thing happens to the soul.

Truth is to be used as a scalpel, not a club.

I used to be psychic, but I drank my way out of it.

I laugh when I hear that the fish in the water is thirsty. You don't grasp the fact that what is most alive of all is inside your own house; and so you walk from one holy city to the next with a confused look!

The deeper I went into culture, the more confused I got. So I needed something more real. I said, "Okay, from now on, my country will be cinema."

I'm not where I'm supposed to be, I'm not what I want to be, But I'm not what I used to be. I haven't learned how to arrive; I've just learned how to keep going

Stay focused, ignore the distractions, and you will accomplish your goals much faster.

A study of interactions between women and obstetricians offers an explanation. It described three levels of increasing power imbalance: In the first, you fight and lose; in the second you don't fight because you know you can't win. However, in the highest level of power differential, your preferences are so manipulated that you act against your own interests, but you are content. Elective [meaning requested for no medical reason, not to be confused with needed surgery planned in advance] repeat cesarean exemplifies that highest level.

I felt saddened and confused to discover my favorite mural gone, but also hopeful that another one may be in the works. Street art is mysterious and impermanent like that. It can appear or disappear overnight. Murals like these are at risk of desecration, transformation, erasure. Someone's gonna piss on it, draw a mustache on it, tag it. The weather's going to make it fade. That's part of the beauty, I think. Murals have value without being precious.

Steroids are used in all sports.

Also note that invariably when we design something that can be used by those with disabilities, we often make it better for everyone

I've been playing youth basketball ever since I was in sixth grade; I've been traveling ever since I was in sixth grade, so I'm used to it.

I have almost invariably found that charm is used as a substitute for intelligence in persons of both sexes. Thus, I have always been and will remain wary of it.

Traditionally, duos get accused of lots of things.

Daily Mojo: Your main competitors are not others in your industry. Your main competitors are distractions. Don't let them beat you - stay focused

My theory is that we used to have several personalities, and now we're encouraged to have one online.

It's like a child who is used to having ice cream whenever he wants. When it doesn't come when he asks he tends to get confused and nervous.

At 83, George Bernard Shaw's mind was perhaps not quite as good as it used to be, but it was still better than anyone else's.

It costs ten times more to govern us than it used to, and we are not governed one-tenth as good.

No matter how confused or deluded we may be at the moment, the underlying and essential nature of our being is clear and pure